A review of 45 year (1965-2009) trends

[Seoul]
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Seoul National University(Institute for Social Development and Policy Research, Center for Social Sciences)

Date

2011-12

Journal Title; Vol./Issue

Development and Society:vol. 40(no. 2)

Pages

30

Subject Country

United States(Americas)South Korea(Asia and Pacific)

Language

English

File Type

Link

Subject

Social Development < Population

Holding

Seoul National University

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Abstract

This paper reviews changes in patterns of Koreans’' immigration to the United States between 1965 and 2009 based on annual statistical reports by the immigration office. This review captures changes in the annual number of Korean immigrants, their immigration mechanisms and occupational characteristics, and the proportion of status adjusters. The annual number of Korean immigrants gradually increased for the first ten years, reached the peak between 1976 and 1990, gradually decreased in the 1990s, and slightly increased in the 2000s again. At the end of the 1960s and early 1970s, professionals, especially medical professionals, composed a significant proportion of Korean immigrants. The proportion of Korean immigrants in specialty occupations declined in the late 1970s and early 1980, with a concomitant increase in the proportion of family-based immigrants. (The rest omitted)